Majuli island is a barren wasteland (Picture: William D McMaster) The Forest Man of India, Jadav Payeng has turned parts of the island into a green wonderland (Picture: Shutterstock) ...

Assam's Majuli is the world's largest river island in India's Brahmaputra river. Due to severe drought, Hundreds of snakes died. Even in his youth, Payeng felt compelled to take action.

In 1979, Padma Shri Jadav "Molai" Payeng came across several snakes on Majuli Island in Assam, India.Flooding brought the snakes to the island, but due to erosion, there wasn't any shade and the ...

'Forest man of India' wants tree plantation to be taught at schools in world Jadav Payeng and a team of 50 people are working on a project to plant trees on 2,000 hectares at the Majuli island in ...

When Prasanna Bora, a 44-year-old boat-maker from Salmora in Assam’s Majuli island, was in his teens, nearly every family in his village had someone who built boats. But now, he is one of a few ...

Majuli is a classic case of that, given the elaborate network of beels found all over the island,” writes Barua. In 1917, there were 49 named streams draining Majuli , which decreased to seven ...